Loretta Young's Quotes

There are no ugly ducklings.

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.

A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

A charming woman is a busy woman.

There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments.

Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners.

I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature.

A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in practicing it.

In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that's what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true.

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.

As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!

Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties.

Gratitude isn't a burdening emotion.

I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life?

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

Success can't be forced.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.